“Early in my time as mayor of Milwaukee, my Public Works director and his staff of traffic engineers came to me with a $58 million proposal for adding right turn lanes to “congested” intersections. The plan involved significant property demolition. My response was to ask if they planned on drawing their pensions after retirement.…
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For the last two years that federal statistics are available (2012 and 2013), Delaware had the highest per capita pedestrian fatality rate in America. As the Delaware Department of Transportation and the Council on Transportation revise the Department’s process about deciding which transportation projects should get built, it is a good time for a reminder about…
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“The top priorities at DOT are to keep the traveling public safe and secure, increase their mobility, and have our transportation system contribute to the nation’s economic growth.” – United State Department of Transportation Nearly one-third of traffic fatalities in Delaware in 2012 were pedestrians and bicyclists. In the next few weeks, the Delaware General…
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Between May of 1997 and March of 2008 (over 10 years), Delaware’s unemployment rate was between 3 and 4%. But for the last four years, unemployment has stubbornly stayed above 7%. Today, it is 7.3%. And, if you look at the data, that number is not coming down. It looks stuck. If you are older…
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By NICHOLAS BAKALAR New York Times April 8, 2013 Rick Bowmer/Associated Press Exposure in the first two months of pregnancy to air pollution from traffic sharply increases the risk for birth defects, a new study has found. Researchers used data from two large studies carried out in eight counties in the San Joaquin Valley in…
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by Randy and Trish Freed February 25, 2013 Manassas, Virginia – We are out-of-staters who are now investing in Delaware real estate. In January, we signed a contract for a new house to be built in Lewes, and we can tell you that one of the key features that made us decide to “seal the deal” for a house…
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For the next 8 days (until December 9), you can join (or renew your membership in) Bike Delaware for only $25. Can bicycling save the planet? Who knows? But bicycling can surely save our pocketbooks. Bike Delaware’s mission is to make bicycling in Delaware a family-friendly and mainstream transportation option so that not every adult…
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By Darren Flusche — Has anyone ever tried to tell you that there are too few bicyclists to reduce traffic congestion in any noticeable way? Well, new data shows that it doesn’t take large reductions in driving to see major improvements in traffic flow. In 2011, total vehicle miles traveled (VMT) in the United States…
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By CHRISTOPHER B. LEINBERGER Published in the New York Times May 25, 2012 Until the 1990s, exclusive suburban homes that were accessible only by car cost more, per square foot, than other kinds of American housing. Now, however, these suburbs have become overbuilt, and housing values have fallen. Today, the most valuable real estate lies…
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